Kathryn Arbon

K athryn's  jewellery incorporates intricately pierced designs in silver and gold which often include hidden words or messages, to be discovered by the wearer.  Her one-off pieces of jewellery take many hours to make and she enjoys seeing the open-work patterns evolve before her.  In some cases designs are not repeated, others are cast as limited edition runs from a hand pierced master.

Drawing inspiration from American Indian motifs and Ancient Greek patterns, she has a fascination with how open spaces interconnect and come together like a puzzle.  

Kathryn uses many different techniques in her work  such as wax carving for casting, and also Keum-Boo - an Ancient Korean technique of bonding gold to the surface of silver using heat and pressure.